¡Viva Zapatos! contest for Fiesta

Updated 1:51 pm, Thursday, April 12, 2012

A Fiesta queen shows her shoes during the Fiesta Flambeau Parade last year. Now it's your turn.

A Fiesta queen shows her shoes during the Fiesta Flambeau Parade last year. Now it's your turn.

Photo: File Photo, San Antonio Express-News

¡Viva Zapatos! contest for Fiesta

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It's a long walk from here to Indianapolis, but the right pair of over-the-top customized Fiesta shoes could get you there.

VIP tickets to the Indy 500 are among the top prize in our first ¡Viva Zapatos! shoe contest.

The contest, brought to you by the San Antonio Express-News, Trends magazine and the Fiesta San Antonio Commission, is a first — and you have until 5 p.m. Monday to submit your decked out, festively embellished shoes to mySA.com. Just upload an image of the shoes to enter.

You also can show up the night of the event — April 19 at Fiesta Fiesta, the big kickoff for our city's 11-day celebration — and qualify your shoes for a walk on the catwalk.

To enter online, check out our Fiesta page at mySA.com for easy instructions, along with contest rules. A panel of judges will review the images and contact finalists soon after the Monday deadline.

If you bring your shoes to the event, check in at the volunteer tent (near the Menger Hotel by the Alamo) from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Fiesta Commission staff will be there to assist and let you know by 4:45 p.m. if your creation made the cut for the catwalk show that will begin at 5:15 p.m. (Contestants who show up in person will be judged by the same criteria as online entries.)

The categories are 13 and older; and children 12 and younger. Three winners in each category will be announced and winners must be present at the April 19 event.

Now, for the fabulous prizes in two categories:

Prizes in the 13 and older category: First place: two round-trip tickets from Southwest Airlines and two tickets to the Indy 500 race in May. Second place: two round-trip tickets from Southwest Airlines. Third place: a Macy's $250 gift card.

Prizes in the 12 and younger category: First place: four season passes to Fiesta Texas. Second place: three season passes to Fiesta Texas. Third place: four tickets to Santikos Theaters.

Additionally, throughout Fiesta's 11-day run, shoe-loving San Antonians are encouraged to continue to upload their shoe photographs to mySA.com's Fiesta page because an online winner will be selected when Fiesta is done — and that prize package will include free tickets to several of next year's Fiesta events.

Shoe images for the online contest can be uploaded through 5 p.m. April 24. Online judging begins April 25 and ends noon April 27.